Queer reads: Roan Parrish
Okay, so Roan Parrish also got a post last year, but I’ve read more of their books, so here we go again.
I reread the Middle of Somewhere series, but this time on audio. Great narrators. Highly recommend. This series follows a professor from Philly (book 1), his closeted, anxious, asshole brother (book 2), and the kid who moved to NYC for college and the emotionally unavailable hot guy he wants to fuck real bad (book 3).
I read newly two series: the Small Change duology (+plus the best named short story ever) and the Riven trilogy. The Small Change books take place after the Middle of Somewhere books, and characters overlap. Small Change is a MF book, with the bset bisexual tattoo artist fmc, and the sweetest sandwich-making fella. The second book is MM, about Sandwhich-guy’s brother, and he’s a hot fucking mess.
The Riven trilogy takes place in NY, and is probably before the Middle of Somewhere books? They’re about rockstars, addition, mental health issues, and the trials of being seen. I think they might be my favorite books ever. Seriously, everything Roan Parrish has written is fantastic, so whichever one I’ve read recently is my favorite, but the Riven books are really, really good.
Parrish’s books are romantic, but they’re also serious, full of things like mental health issues, addition, fucked up family dynamics, and hard won HEAs. The writing is top notch, the character have fantastic chemistry, someone usually learns that feelings are not the absolute worst thing in the world, and the spice is hot.
Remember folks, read queer all year.
